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Tobacco-Elevator.

Patented Feb. 3, |880.-

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Y .IAMEs w. GAULT AND WILLIAM A. FORMAN, 0F MURPHYsvILLF, KY.

, TOBACCO-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofl Letters Patent No. 224,172, datedy February 3, 1880.

Application filed December 5, 1879.

To all whom 'it may concern: Y

Be it known that we, JAMES W. GAULT an WILLIAM A. FORMAN, oi Murphysville, in the county of Mason and State of Kentucky', have invented a new and Improvedlobacco-Lleva-` tor, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the, elevator, showing theposition ofthe carryingarmswhen elevating or lowering the tobacco. Fig.` 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figj is a front elevation, showing the position of the carryingarms when depositing the tobacco-sticks upon or removing them from the rails.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. y The object of this invention is to provide an improved elevator-for hoisting tobacco plants and leaves and suspending them upon the rails in drying or curing barns. y

In the drawings, A representsthe'standard, having pivoted upon it near its head a cross- C is a slide capable of vertical movement, held to the standard A by the clamps'or loops a, Vand fastened'on the face of this slide is a plate, D, with anupper corner cut oft' at an angle of about forty-fivedegrees', as shown at b.. Pivoted just above this plate D, on the face of the slide G, is an arm, E, provided with a hook, c, at either end. `For purposes here-y inafter set forth, another arni,F, is sometimes pivoted to the face of the slide C a little be-V low the plate D, said arm F being provided with a projecting rod or hook, d, at either end,

as shown, and lbeing also connected at each end with the ends of the arm E bythe parallel connecting-pieces G, which are loosely pivoted' to the said arms E F.

Secured to the top of the standard A is a sheave, H, over Vwhich passes al rope,1I, onev end of which is secured to the slide O, while the other end is secured to that end of either arm E F which is farthest from the sloping long and the arms'E F about three feet long. This apparatus is sufficiently light to be easily moved about, and is used by suspending it above the rail K on which it is to rest; then a pull upon that part of the rope I which is made fast to the arm E in this case brings said arm E to a horizontal position, whenit is lowered so that the stick L, carrying the tobacco, will rest across the rails K. The arm E is Vthen lowered to receive another stick, L, which,being elevated, is in like manner deposited with itsload on the next lower tier or row of rails, and so on until one stick has been deposited on each tier or rowot' rails; then the elevator is moved the distance it is desired to hang the sticks apart, and the operation proceeded with, always hanging the sticks from the top to the bottom of the building.

To take the tobacco down, the rope I is made fast to the opposite end of the arm E, which is then elevated until the hooks c engage under the stick L and lift it far enough above the rails to disenvgage it therefrom and incline it at such an angle that it can pass down laterally between the said rails K.

When the tobacco is very heavy or green, the arm F is connected to the arm E, and parallel to it, as shown, so that the Vhooks or rods d shallhold the tails of the tobacco-leaves in position that they may not interfere with the elevating or depositing process.

This device can easily be worked by one person, and by it the tobacco-sticks can easily be hung six inches apart, or closer, if desirable, thus economizing all the hanging-room in a curing-barn; and in this respect our elevator 9 possesses a great advantage over those oldstyle `elevators whose carrying-arm, analogous to ourarm E, is hoisted in a diagonal position and then swung into .position for depositing the tobacco-stick by a rotary motion. These IOO old-style elevators cannot place the tobaccosticks on the rails much less than two feet apart7 and m ust leave a space ot' about two feet at the beginning and about four feet at the ending of each rail.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arm F, provided with hooks or rods d, 

